Directions from today: (read below or download here)
While Working: SAVE & SAVE OFTEN (Don’t lose your work!)
After you’re done, save your work to your email or a flashdrive in case you need to edit it
Steps for today:
1) Finish Rough drafts for prompt 1 & 2
2) Go to mswrightreads.wordpress.com (the first post will have links to download a template)
3) Type up your drafts in word using the template you downloaded
4) Proof read your essays, editing & correcting for errors (have a classmate look at them or someone outside of class before you submit and print your final draft)
Checklist:
- Did you answer the prompt?
- Did you tell a clear, vivid story with excellent details?
- Is it interesting?
- Written in your own voice? Honest? Personal but professional?
- Check it against the essay 6-trait rubric
5) WORD COUNT: the combined total for the 2 essays CANNOT go over 1000 words, each should be NO LESS THAN 250.
You MUST list the word count at the bottom of each essay or I wont grade it.
To find the word count, highlight all of your essay’s words/content &:
MAC: click on tools à word count it will pull up a screen with the word count for the highlighted text.
PC: click on review at the top right, then word count will show up at the left, click on it & a screen will pop up with the count.
Repeat these steps for your second prompt.
6) Submit your documents to the correct turnitin.com assignment
7) Print both essays (library is $0.10/page; J3 & the College Center are free)
8) HOMEWORK: FINISH YOUR PERSONAL STATEMENTS for prompt 1& 2:
you must have printed out hardcopies ready to submit at the very beginning of next class; you CANNOT print during class time; you must have already submitted your digital copies to turnitin.com before class begins
DUE DATES FOR FINAL Personal Statements, prompt 1&2:
Periods 1 & 5: Thursday 09/20 Periods 3, 4, 6: Friday 09/21
REMINDER: Cover Letter & Resume Revisions are due NO LATER THAN 2:05 PM 09/20
Need help?
- Come see me at recess, lunch, or after school.
- Check out the Purdue Writing Lab’s advice on Personal Statements: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/642/01/
- ABCs “College Application Tips: Tackling The Personal Essay“
- “Applying to College: A Survival Guide” by Samantha Stainburn, Upfront Magazine